Report on the O.A.U. Consultative Mission to Nigeria: Text in english and french

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dc.contributor.authorGOWON, Yakubu
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-28T14:47:22Z
dc.date.available2026-10-28T14:47:22Z
dc.date.issued1967
dc.descriptionThis Official publication documents the historic visit and deliberations of the Organization of African Unity (O.A.U.) Consultative Mission to Nigeria, which arrived in Lagos on November 22, 1967. Formed pursuant to an unprogrammed unanimous resolution at the Fourth O.A.U. Summit in Kinshasa, the mission comprised a high-level delegation of African Heads of State led by Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, alongside representatives from Cameroon, Niger, and Ghana tasked with exploring avenues for a peaceful resolution to the Nigerian crisis while firmly upholding the nation's territorial integrity and unity. The text compiles the comprehensive opening address by Major-General Yakubu Gowon, Head of the Federal Military Government, wherein he outlines the political background of the conflict, the structural flaws of the former regional arrangement, and the strategic necessity of creating a twelve-state federation via Decree No. 14 of 1967 to eliminate ethnic domination and minority fears. It also features Emperor Haile Selassie’s response emphasizing pan-African solidarity against secession, the official joint communiqué reaffirming that the crisis is an internal affair requiring the rebel regime to renounce secession, and the complete legal text and territorial schedule of the States (Creation and Transitional Provisions) Decree. Presented in both English and French, the document serves as an essential primary historical record of early diplomatic and continental interventions during the Nigerian Civil War.
dc.description.abstract• Introduction to the O.A.U. Consultative Mission • Welcome Address to the O.A.U. Consultative Mission by the Head of the Federal Military Government, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major-General Yakubu Gowon • Full Text of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia's Reply • Communiqué Issued at the End of the First Meeting of the O.A.U. Consultative Mission with the Federal Military Government of Nigeria in Lagos (23rd November, 1967) • States (Creation and Transitional Provisions) Decree 1967 (Decree No. 14) and Schedule of States • French Translation Sections (La Commission Consultative de l'O.U.A.
dc.identifier.urihttps://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/3006
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOAU Consultative Mission
dc.titleReport on the O.A.U. Consultative Mission to Nigeria: Text in english and french
dc.typeBook
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